# dila
## Alangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /ˈdilaʔ/ [ˈd̪i.l̪aʔ]
* Hyphenation: di‧la

#### Noun

dilà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* (anatomy) tongue

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /diˈlaʔ/ [d̪iˈl̪aʔ]
* Hyphenation: di‧la

#### Noun

dilâ (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* a lick; a stroke with a tongue
    Synonym: dilot

##### Derived terms

* dila-dila
* dilaan
* magdila

## Capiznon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522..
Sense 3, semantic loan from English tongue.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: di‧la
* IPA: /ˈdilaʔ/ [ˈd̪i.l̪ɐʔ]

### Noun

dilà (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* (anatomy) tongue
* tongue (of a shoe)
* (metonymically) language

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:dila.

### Anagrams

* dali, ilad, liad

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dilà
* (anatomy) tongue

## Dupaningan Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Garo
### Verb

dila
* to lead, to guide

## Higaonon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* tongue

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Indonesian lidah, Kiput deleiʔ, Malay lidah, Tagalog dila).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˌla/ [diˌla]
* Hyphenation: di‧la

### Noun

dilà (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* tongue
* arrowhead
* needle or tab on a balance
* clapper; tongue of a bell
* native language

## Kagayanen
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈdila/ [ˈdiː.lʌ]
** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ˈdira/ [ˈdiː.rʌ]
* Rhymes: -ila, (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) -ira
* Syllabification: di‧la

### Noun

díla
* (anatomy) tongue

## Kituba
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

dila
* to cry, to weep

## Kongo
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

### Verb

-dila
* to cry, to weep

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Lindu
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* tongue

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* tongue

## Masbatenyo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dilà
* (anatomy) tongue

## Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dilà
* (anatomy) tongue

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dilá
* (anatomy) tongue

## Ratagnon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Sambali
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dilà
* (anatomy) tongue

## Spanish
### Verb

dila
* second-person singular imperative of decir combined with la

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِلَاء (dilāʔ), plural of دَلْو (dalw).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

dila class IX (plural dila class X)
* a dipper for pumping water into a boat

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq. Compare Ibanag zila, Ilocano dila, Kiput deleiʔ, Malay lidah, and Tsat la⁵⁵. Also possibly from a metathesis of Sanskrit लीढ (līḍha, “licked”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdilaʔ/ [ˈd̪iː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ilaʔ
* Syllabification: di‧la

#### Noun

dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* (anatomy) tongue
    Synonym: lengguwa
* sticking out of one's tongue
    Synonyms: pagdila, dilaan
* lick; lap (with one's tongue)
    Synonyms: lamir, himod, himurin
* tongue of a shoe (flap under the laces)
* (music) reed (of a woodwind instrument)
* long, narrow flame

##### Derived terms

* balarila
* bulaklak ng dila
* dila-dila
* dilaan
* diladila
* dilambaka
* dilambutiki
* dilambuwaya
* dilang ginto
* dilang matigas
* dilang-anghel
* dilang-aso
* dilang-usa
* dumila
* ipadila
* lamang-dila
* lawit na ang dila
* madila
* madilaan
* mahabang-dila
* maikling-dila
* makati ang dila
* mandila
* matamis ang dila
* nasa dulo ng dila
* pagdidilaan
* walang-dila

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /diˈlaʔ/ [d̪ɪˈlaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: di‧la

#### Determiner

dilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* Alternative form of dilan

#### Pronoun

dilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* Alternative form of dilan

### Further reading

* “dila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* dali

## Tiruray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Volapük
### Noun

dila
* genitive singular of dil

## West Albay Bikol
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dila
* (anatomy) tongue

## Yogad
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

### Noun

dilá
* (anatomy) tongue